Project Meliaceae
Family Meliaceae
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purpose is to improve communication among all groups and individuals
that are involved with these species. We need your help! If you have a
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Chinte, F. O. 1952. Caribbean Forester 13(2):75-92.
Mahogany nomenclature. The genus Swietenia was described by Jacquin in
1760. Over a century later King described Swietenia macrophylla based
on
trees in the Botanic Garden of Calcutta.
Description of Family Meliaceae
L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering
Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information
Retrieval. Version: 14th December 2000.
Includes illustrations.
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/meliacea.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Information on Meliaceae family
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Plant Systematics Collection
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/family_index/Family_Pages/Meliaceae.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Information on Meliaceae Family (Italian)
Università degli Studi di Catania
Tavole di Botanica sistematica
http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Meli_fam.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Information from the Botanical Dermatology Database
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BotDermFolder/BotDermM/MELI.html
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BoDDHomePage.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Cronquist Family Synonymy for Meliaceae
Indices Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Project
University of Maryland
http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/crofamsyn/Meliaceae.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
List of genera of the family Meliaceae
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/cgi-bin/web.dbs/genlist.pl?MELIACEAE
Link verified 2 June 2004
Distribution maps of some species of Meliaceae in the United States
U. S. Checklist
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/bonapfams/bonfpmel.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Sequence data for Meliaceae
National Biotech Info Center
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=43707&lvl=3
Link verified 2 June 2004
Information on genera and species of Meliaceae
Germplasm Resource Information Network (GRIN)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?704
Link verified 2 June 2004